Khanna ASI suspended for planting heroin at Shiv Sena leader's house
CIA staff ASI Sukhdev Singh has been suspended after being caught on a hidden camera placing heroin at the house of a Shiv Sena leader in Khanna. SSP Darpan Ahluwalia has formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the matter.
Khanna Police have suspended CIA staff ASI Sukhdev Singh for allegedly trying to frame Shiv Sena (Punjab) leader Mahant Kashmir Giri in a drug case. Khanna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Darpan Ahluwalia has initiated a departmental inquiry against the police employee and formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) led by an SP-rank officer to investigate the matter.
According to the SSP, this action was taken after a video surfaced from a secret camera installed at the house of Mahant Kashmir Giri near Khatika Chowk. On Saturday afternoon, the ASI, dressed in plain clothes, was captured on camera placing something under the room's mattress.
Prior to this incident, police had arrested Mahant Kashmir Giri's driver Gurjant Singh alias Janta with 7.5 grams of heroin. Giri's name had surfaced during police interrogation.
Shortly after the ASI left, a police team led by Sadar SHO Vijaypal Singh and City-2 SHO Tarwinder Kumar Bedi reached Giri's house to conduct a raid, taking him along. Police arrested the Shiv Sena leader claiming the recovery of 30 grams of heroin from under the same mattress.
On Saturday evening, when senior officials viewed the hidden camera footage, the conspiracy came to light. Immediately after the footage emerged, the SSP ordered the discharge of Kashmir Giri from the case.
SSP Darpan Ahluwalia stated that ASI Sukhdev Singh was suspended following the verification of the video. The constituted SIT will investigate the entire sequence of events and examine the role of other police personnel involved in the raid. Nothing has yet been proved in court.
Key developments
- ASI Sukhdev Singh accused of placing heroin at Shiv Sena leader Mahant Kashmir Giri's house
- Hidden camera installed at the house captures the ASI keeping items under the mattress
- Police raided and claimed recovery of 30 grams of heroin from under the same mattress to arrest Giri
- SSP discharges the leader from the case after the video surfaces
- Accused ASI suspended, SIT formed to check role of other police personnel
